Warriors of Fire

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Young firefighters were forced to become hardened veterans almostovernight when serving in New York City during the politically chargeddecades of the 1960's and 1970's. The day-to-day dangers we firefightersendured together produced the highest degree of bonding that one canimagine. As "family, " we shared the love, and laughter, as well as thetears of each other's personal tragedies. This book also tells how we, as firefighters, shared in the anguish felt by the innocent victims andtheir families. Fighting accidental fires was a tough enough job, butthe embattled firefighters of our city's ghettos had to put up with thepolitically motivated burnings of buildings on the campuses of some ofNew York City's most prestigious colleges and universities in the nameof civil disobedience. Add to that the rapid expansion of the drugculture, the sexual revolution, the Vietnam War protests, and raceriots, and you have a pretty good idea of what the New York City FireDepartment was up against. "All I can say is Wow! I love reading andI usually go in for the lighter reads, but a friend recommended thisbook. It held my attention from beginning to end. I will not spoil itfor others, you have to read this. It will make you cry and laugh! Itwill certainly give you a greater appreciation for firemen all over thecountry. The author of this book obviously loved his job as afirefighter, and his writing seems to come right from his heart. ThankGod for all you firefighters out there." - Thomas R. Allocca fromNaperville, Illinois USA (January 15th, 2004).